PDF Properties
Using a custom set of XML tags inside your HTML, you can insert both custom metadata as well as instructions for how the PDF would be viewed in a PDF viewer application (subject of course to that application supporting those features).
Options
You use the (optional) tag <pdfproperties> and within that tag you
can insert <metainfo> and <pdfpreferences>
sections as shown in the instructions below. Within the
<metainfo> tag, you can add <prop> tags
with @name, @value attribute pairs with the data you wish
to store in the PDF metadata. Anything without one of the recognized, standard PDF
names (author, title, subject,
creator, keywords) are stored in custom metadata in
the PDF.
The <pdfpreferences> section allows you to insert one or more
<pref> tags with specific @name,
@value pairs that control the way the resulting PDF is displayed
with a viewer that supports standard PDF view attributes. The support
name, @value pairs are listed below and grouped into
all the available categories:
General PDF Options
These options let you control some general information about the generated PDF.
bookmarks - sets whether PDF bookmarks are generated or not. The default
is "false" for Cloudformatter. You can set @value to "true" if you want
bookmarks in PDF. Note that bookmarks are only generated for interpreted
hierarchical information. All h1 elements and there following
h2 elements and so on. Skipping levels will break the sequence and
the bookmarks will not be correct.
pdf-version - sets the PDF version number. The default is version 1.5
for Cloudformatter but you set @value to values like "1.3", "1.4",
"1.6" or "1.7" if you wish to change the version. Be aware thar some other features
could be disabled by setting the version too low.
compress - sets whether the PDF is compressed or not. The default is
"true" for Cloudformatter. You can set @value to "false" if you want
uncompressed PDF.
linearize - sets whether the PDF is linearized or not. The default is
"false" for Cloudformatter. You can set @value to "true" if you want to
optimize a long PDF for web view.
PDF View Options
These options let you control how the PDF when opened appears to the end user.
view-mode - Choose from one of the following:
auto- If there are bookmarks in the document, the bookmarks pane is displayed. Otherwise, all auxiliary panes are hidden.show-none- All auxiliary panes are hidden.show-bookmarks- The bookmarks pane is displayed.show-thumbnails- The thumbnails pane is displayed.full-screen- The document is displayed in full screen-mode.
initial-zoom - Choose from one of the following:
auto- Page scaling is not specified.fit- The page is scaled to fit completely into the view port.fit-width- The page is scaled so that its width matches the width of the view port.fit-height- The page is scaled so that its height matches the height of the view port.###or####%- The page is scaled by the number or percentage specified.
page-layout - Choose from one of the following:
auto- Uses settings of viewer application.single-page- Displays one page at a time.continuous- Displays pages continuously in one column.two-columns-left- Displays pages continuously in two columns, with odd-numbered pages to the left.two-columns-right- Displays pages continuously in two columns, with odd-numbered pages to the right.two-pages-left- Displays pages in two columns, by two pages at a time, with odd-numbered pages to the left.two-pages-right- Displays pages in two columns, by two pages at a time, with odd-numbered pages to the right.
viewer-preferences - A comma separated list of the following
possibilities:
hide-toolbar- Hides the viewer application's tool bars when the document is active.hide-menubar- Hides the viewer application's menu bar when the document is active.hide-window-ui- Hides user interface elements in the document's window (such as scroll bars and navigation controls), leaving only the document's contents displayed.fit-window- Resizes the document's window to fit the size of the first displayed page.center-window- Positions the document's window in the center of the screen.display-document-title- Controls whether the window's title bar displays the document title taken from the "title" metadata field.
PDF Security
These options allow you to specify owner and user security in the PDF output. User-level security can inject a password to be used to open the PDF, while owner-level security can control what can be done with the PDF (like printing it or copying the data from it).
userpassword - Sets the user password that must be entered to view the
PDF. There are no options, the @value passed is the password to be
used.
ownerpassword - Sets the owner password that must be entered to enable
advanced processing of the PDF. There are no options, the @value passed
is the password to be used. An ownerpassword is used to lock down certain privledges
that an owner will grant to a recipient of the PDF. Without the owner password,
recipients can be restricted from certain things. By default they are restricted
from everything, and you can then specify what additional things you allow by using
userpriviledges.
userpriviledges - A comma separated list of the following
possibilities:
print- Enables printing the document.modify- Enables editing the document.copy- Enables copying text and images from the document to the clipboard.annotate- Enables adding notations to the document and changing the field values.
PDF Pre-Press Options
These allow you to specify crop marks, bleeds and registration marks to be applied to the PDF.
crop-offset - specify offsets from the meaningful content on the page to
the edges of the physical media (/MediaBox entry in the PDF page dictionary). Its
value is a series of 1 to 4 length specifiers that set offsets from the edges of the
page area to the corresponding edges of the /MediaBox. Rules for expanding the value
are the same as for the padding property in CSS.
bleed - specify the bleeds — an extra space around the page area into
which the contents of the page may protrude (/BleedBox entry in the PDF page
dictionary). Its value is a series of 1 to 4 length specifiers that set offsets from
the edges of the page area to the corresponding edges of the /BleedBox. Rules for
expanding the value are the same as for the padding property in CSS.
crop-mark-width - defines line width for the crop marks, setting it to 0
disables drawing of crop marks.
bleed-mark-width - defines line width for the bleed marks, setting it to
0 disables drawing of bleed marks.
printer-mark - specify additional SVG images to be drawn in the offset
area surrounding the page (specified by crop-offset and bleed parameters). Printer
marks are clipped to the outside of the bleed rectangle. The @value is
a URL to an SVG you have. This sample has two URLs (one for a colorbar and one for a
registration mark) you can also use if you like.
The following code is what is behind this page for producing the PDF. Of course, you would only see the things supported by your PDF viewer you use. If you wish to see them all in action, then use "download" and Adobe Reader to view the PDF.
Recent changes in some browsers will not treat this XML as XML. Instead it tries (incorrectly) to not close tags. For best results, be sure to use open and close tags and not a self-closing tag.
<pdfproperties style="display:none;">
<metainfo>
<prop name="author" value="Xportability LLC"></prop>
<prop name="title"
value="Xportability Cloudformatter: Showing Custom
PDF Properties"></prop>
<prop name="subject" value="A Cloudformatter Document"></prop>
<prop name="creator" value="css2pdf@cloudformatter.com"></prop>
<prop name="keywords" value="CSS, PDF, Cloudformatter"></prop>
<prop name="custom1" value="value1"></prop>
<prop name="custom2" value="value2"></prop>
<prop name="custom3" value="value3"></prop>
<prop name="custom4" value="value4"></prop>
</metainfo>
<pdfpreferences>
<pref name="bookmarks" value="true"></pref>
<pref name="pdf-version" value="1.6"></pref>
<pref name="view-mode" value="auto"></pref>
<pref name="initial-zoom" value="fit-height"></pref>
<pref name="page-layout" value="two-columns-left"></pref>
<pref name="viewer-preferences" value="display-document-title"></pref>
<pref name="crop-offset" value="0.5in"></pref>
<pref name="crop-mark-width" value="1px"></pref>
<pref name="printer-mark"
value="http://www.cloudformatter.com/Resources/Images/registration.svg"></pref>
<pref name="printer-mark"
value="http://www.cloudformatter.com/Resources/Images/colorbar.svg"></pref>
</pdfpreferences>
</pdfproperties>
Sample Output H2
Sadipscing accusam dolor est et erat suscipit veniam vero. Nobis consetetur ut at ut et imperdiet praesent eos lorem ut enim vero ea. Elitr et justo et gubergren labore ipsum sit delenit duis dolor et vel possim ut at. Ipsum sed amet diam ut aliquyam sit dignissim lobortis sanctus. Placerat ipsum erat vel erat ut nulla amet. Adipiscing rebum nisl soluta gubergren tempor at dolore duis rebum stet takimata. Et te erat justo erat amet esse duo adipiscing est placerat. At exerci ut clita sadipscing vel aliquyam possim qui eos diam consetetur kasd magna. Lorem duo tempor lorem et ut voluptua eirmod eirmod. Nonumy nonumy accusam sea labore sit no kasd dolor ea consetetur diam et.
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Sample Output H3
Ut diam consetetur ea sadipscing diam lorem justo feugait voluptua. Et sed duo nisl et et diam. Erat clita labore labore eros vel aliquyam takimata nostrud stet lorem accumsan. Lorem kasd tempor vero clita diam ea no sanctus. Dolore eirmod labore magna quod illum. Molestie dolores consetetur labore ea eum volutpat lorem sit invidunt stet sit. Voluptua no sit et sadipscing duo et at vero quis est.
Sed ut amet et et. Euismod labore gubergren dolore aliquyam sit lorem ea et vero kasd sed in exerci. In sit tempor duo et nibh. Lorem amet eirmod eirmod aliquyam autem duo dolor exerci erat justo sed amet. Amet diam nam nulla sadipscing dolor ea amet luptatum aliquam ea enim amet est sanctus. Lorem quod sed sanctus diam magna dolor elitr. Clita magna suscipit elit dolore et autem stet magna takimata vero duis vel consequat dolore justo. Nihil sit eos zzril tempor. Sed ea dolor amet rebum nonumy nulla ex et rebum euismod vero. Consetetur ipsum molestie consequat dolore dolor mazim congue illum consetetur no sit. Clita sit ea consetetur justo esse luptatum lorem ad labore ullamcorper iriure vel takimata clita eirmod elitr.
Sample Output H4
Vero labore at. Stet labore odio eos clita. Sed iusto amet lorem. Justo vero sit eirmod. Sed elitr facer ex duo sed sanctus consectetuer id facilisis gubergren velit sea sed lorem lorem amet. Facer consetetur vel. Dolor duo labore stet ut erat eros eirmod ut eirmod ipsum eos sed dolore nostrud consetetur feugiat. Sed et molestie sit in nonumy stet gubergren hendrerit justo mazim nulla feugiat duis delenit invidunt dolor. Wisi est at feugait vero ut amet justo consectetuer ut clita. Sea dolor amet takimata ea clita amet.
Amet labore eum aliquam takimata ea in tincidunt no sadipscing. Sanctus diam sed. Voluptua et amet dolores takimata dolores. Sanctus dolor labore tincidunt placerat commodo et ipsum clita suscipit sit diam et lorem nibh et. Et sanctus nulla gubergren sea et dolore eirmod eos at nulla sit dolores duo magna sed. Et eleifend ipsum ea eos. Ut sed vero. Kasd clita facilisis et dolore lorem voluptua at amet liber clita. Voluptua eos possim duo vero no ut dolor et invidunt praesent delenit illum erat dolor lorem aliquip et vero.
Sample Output H4
Molestie blandit at minim est ea rebum dolor exerci dolore eos sadipscing accusam vero lorem quod vero. Aliquyam et accusam. Eros duis kasd et ipsum aliquyam et elitr labore nulla delenit dolor tation lorem. Dolor amet gubergren et dolore diam lorem gubergren odio clita. Ipsum sed diam sit at sanctus dolore sit. Magna justo ut duis et. Dolores ipsum diam rebum vero rebum vel erat. Ipsum clita lobortis accumsan consequat et duo takimata facilisi. Diam sanctus magna labore dolores sea rebum nostrud amet dolore et praesent vel accumsan. Wisi sanctus praesent sadipscing magna at.
Ut consequat nulla accusam sadipscing amet tempor augue sed dolor. Diam diam ut rebum sadipscing lorem consetetur justo commodo autem esse adipiscing tempor erat clita accusam et. Ea labore et erat augue laoreet magna no ullamcorper vulputate at no molestie et diam duo. Diam sed sed takimata eirmod stet dignissim sed dolores labore diam vulputate dolor. Clita et sed augue ad dolore odio tincidunt sed nobis labore ipsum molestie ipsum. Amet dolores sadipscing laoreet sed facer te at gubergren diam. Sit facer amet takimata sea justo et consetetur adipiscing nonumy sadipscing sea. Et vel augue ut no at.
Sample Output H3
Vero sea nisl blandit sit duo. Velit dolor sit duo. Vero no et vel dolore consetetur ea dolore sed et. Ut elitr dolor ipsum dolore sadipscing no. Tempor tempor quis augue dolore vero nonumy kasd.
Tempor nibh dolor at at sit nulla vel ea delenit rebum sed sea ut dolor feugait consequat amet. Et aliquyam sit minim aliquyam rebum ex sed magna labore. Consequat et ipsum sed et accusam accusam kasd dolor consequat justo. Diam iriure vel sed sed ipsum et takimata magna exerci luptatum ut. Lobortis dolores dolore kasd diam sed molestie lorem at lorem luptatum clita rebum sea et esse tation consetetur stet. Facilisis et dolores iriure tempor dolore magna no dolor eirmod accusam commodo magna lorem amet lorem facilisi amet kasd. Qui et et aliquyam justo et elit eos vel ut gubergren dolor ea wisi rebum.
Sample Output H4
Consequat at diam kasd et lorem vulputate feugiat lorem aliquyam nostrud feugait et ea. Et dolor magna feugait praesent suscipit vero nonumy eirmod sea takimata. Sed lorem ipsum. Sea eu esse tempor sea sea ipsum clita amet et dolor justo esse. Quis diam suscipit justo et stet ut est et erat consetetur tempor ea diam dolores erat. Diam sit delenit dolor ipsum sed kasd praesent at in dolor sadipscing dolore cum. Erat autem erat et in in erat ut.
Sea at euismod facer diam iriure doming et in clita justo. Eos amet nostrud consetetur commodo. At dolore elit sanctus consetetur lobortis eleifend amet. Autem no zzril sed et ea ad nonumy lorem ad clita dolor kasd et et diam mazim lorem. Eros clita at consetetur diam est. Dolor et ipsum option at diam nonummy. Clita clita sed velit ipsum vero vero te. Duis hendrerit minim dolore sanctus lobortis et amet luptatum duis sadipscing. Est et hendrerit dolor justo nostrud feugait tempor et iriure et in diam enim. Stet dolor amet kasd invidunt tempor.
Sample Output H4
Ut at kasd diam duo. Stet iriure sed ea consetetur hendrerit sit nam lorem congue. Veniam esse ut lorem et diam. Feugait kasd ut duis ea takimata takimata at et dolores labore gubergren takimata magna consetetur. Feugait sit aliquyam et aliquyam et zzril at ipsum et option liber vel eirmod amet. Ipsum voluptua et et ipsum rebum tincidunt duo sanctus ut feugait erat esse. Mazim aliquyam est ullamcorper eum lorem diam. Gubergren sit sit diam amet stet sea justo exerci amet sanctus illum clita magna no accusam ea duis at. Sed nibh eos invidunt molestie accusam sed illum dolores voluptua duis sed labore sed adipiscing ipsum et. Stet ipsum gubergren. Mazim augue placerat et labore.
Eirmod at dolor. Elitr et minim nonumy consetetur exerci aliquyam illum. Ut consectetuer dolor enim ipsum accusam magna vero quis nonumy duo consetetur invidunt lorem tempor blandit rebum dolor. Invidunt clita dolor ex delenit sit sed. Et rebum dolore velit. Vel invidunt nulla takimata clita sed voluptua stet et ut ex justo sed. Nonumy dolores diam erat magna kasd no et sit.
More Sample Output H2
Tempor justo ullamcorper duis sit gubergren diam molestie dolores ea amet at rebum placerat invidunt et feugait sanctus magna. Dolor dolore nonummy ipsum sea nostrud kasd dolor et takimata lorem nostrud te. No tincidunt nonumy dolor ut sanctus. Et feugiat et. Tation lorem magna sed et et facilisis dolore amet wisi lorem. Lobortis molestie consequat amet dolor. Ut dolores sed ea vulputate et quod dolore no et at consetetur. Dolor sanctus minim et amet magna vero eleifend at et nulla at nonumy lorem sit labore. Eirmod sanctus sed ut. Sanctus praesent kasd kasd dolor lorem euismod sed tempor sanctus vero amet ipsum lobortis sed lorem nostrud ipsum ut. Dolores sed vel nonumy.
Nulla dolor amet nulla et et. Rebum sit consetetur est consequat eirmod ipsum accusam ut tempor odio et labore commodo ea. Minim eos ipsum placerat. Est iriure invidunt et molestie ut imperdiet consectetuer erat sit volutpat sea sed magna lorem dolor amet voluptua assum. Sea dolore elitr gubergren lorem vero. Kasd eirmod eu amet dolores ullamcorper sanctus elitr ipsum no consequat sit rebum et sea ipsum diam. Rebum sanctus diam sed. Stet vel eu vulputate dolor. Lobortis takimata ipsum stet nonumy invidunt sed dolore aliquyam aliquip ut duis sit vel labore vel aliquyam. Nostrud wisi gubergren ut no takimata dolor duo lorem elitr diam ipsum dolor.
Sample Output H3
Sit ut erat aliquyam sit vero takimata aliquyam iriure kasd magna eum sea magna facilisis. Sed soluta elitr lorem ipsum augue qui amet consetetur clita. Tempor invidunt sadipscing consetetur invidunt feugiat. Consetetur ipsum ipsum suscipit stet dolores ipsum esse duo at quis. Gubergren tempor ipsum lorem quis justo kasd aliquip ea diam illum.
Nonumy tempor et consetetur option dolores erat lorem aliquam tempor ex est at lorem elitr amet te iriure te. Option ipsum illum ea tempor sit sea elitr. Lorem lorem vel. Justo mazim rebum labore autem tempor no illum ea. Amet ipsum amet justo veniam justo vero diam erat diam ut suscipit. Ea invidunt takimata ipsum no tempor et ut et ipsum accusam et magna sanctus dolore labore voluptua. Tempor ut veniam ut delenit elitr et sed et. Eos sea iusto ipsum stet diam sit ipsum eirmod diam amet vel gubergren stet sit sit vero. Duo sed stet sanctus ipsum justo dolore stet ullamcorper et erat rebum lorem magna. Justo tempor vero magna duo sea sed dolore illum amet invidunt ipsum takimata voluptua sed ipsum autem duo sit.
Sample Output H4
Vero et sanctus duo vulputate exerci et stet sit invidunt at justo dolore elitr molestie voluptua et. Eos vero te magna kasd blandit. Vero sit sed congue vero sit dolor. Et consetetur sed justo nonummy duis magna takimata duo invidunt possim sed duo eos labore consetetur. Euismod sit imperdiet amet est sadipscing dolore et sed praesent amet est dolore labore sed consetetur aliquyam zzril dolor. Nam ut nonumy sea. Hendrerit iriure velit nonumy invidunt labore clita labore.
Ut justo eirmod consequat duo dolor et ipsum erat ea ipsum lorem dolor sit. Eirmod sea invidunt diam hendrerit lorem dolores in ipsum nostrud lorem. Vel et dolores nonumy nam clita no in vero elitr tempor. Euismod diam sed amet sadipscing erat takimata dolor diam. Ipsum elitr voluptua consetetur dolore no ea aliquyam accumsan labore sit invidunt. Sit elit diam. Elitr eirmod consequat facilisis imperdiet est et consequat amet amet. Sit aliquyam diam invidunt labore erat eos elitr nonummy.
Sample Output H4
Lorem sed sadipscing duo dolor illum velit sanctus nam justo amet ipsum ea no in at accusam stet lorem. Luptatum rebum dolores qui consetetur augue lorem. Est diam aliquyam magna tempor erat. Iriure consectetuer feugiat accusam. Consetetur gubergren nam feugiat. Voluptua elitr sadipscing diam eirmod. Est tincidunt praesent dolor ut. Vero ut nonumy. Dolor ut dolores option clita consectetuer ut et aliquyam vero.
Stet amet placerat sadipscing ea. Dolores laoreet lorem consetetur. Sed et accusam ex ea dolor volutpat veniam. Feugiat diam sed sea diam et id sed sanctus vero dolor magna duo sanctus delenit ad. Elitr magna duo diam dolore sed.
Sample Output H3
Nisl dolores ipsum dolore accusam lorem feugiat nulla et invidunt. No eu tempor justo ipsum eros et. Ipsum liber tation sed takimata invidunt gubergren dolore sit. Rebum et ipsum sit sadipscing dolore lorem dolore consetetur ut nulla justo erat sit lorem no. No sanctus tempor invidunt rebum justo sadipscing. Sed amet eos sed sit kasd dolor illum ipsum no sanctus justo sadipscing nonumy. Et consequat dolore illum vero clita tempor zzril eos dolor dolor amet possim gubergren sed lorem gubergren tempor. Ea esse diam dignissim lorem vero est takimata et eirmod dolor laoreet ipsum et ipsum.
Sit takimata duo et sed lorem duo sadipscing dolore gubergren lorem accusam erat. Enim at est takimata amet elitr dolore labore tation et sanctus accusam diam nibh at ipsum aliquyam vulputate at. Praesent lorem sea justo ut. Tincidunt vero sit rebum est dolore tempor erat dolor ea gubergren stet molestie eum. Duo amet commodo gubergren et et elitr erat et aliquyam nonummy sit. No veniam et ea ipsum sed eirmod est dolore hendrerit ea dolor ut ea. Euismod velit duo zzril ex nonumy amet lorem eu clita cum vulputate sit sed dolores vel no sed. Molestie sed lorem nonumy consetetur iriure gubergren erat ea et.
Sample Output H4
Invidunt diam duo sit amet amet aliquyam augue et gubergren takimata ullamcorper laoreet adipiscing ut. Ea molestie eos est illum nisl clita et ut feugiat. Et accusam sea dolore. Amet accusam ad ipsum et consetetur. Sea erat nostrud dolore at ut kasd sanctus erat sed eum et labore ipsum at. Sit nonummy qui in adipiscing accusam. Vero no diam iriure veniam sit duo at congue accusam kasd consequat exerci justo et dolor zzril lorem aliquam. Delenit euismod at erat diam ut amet amet.
Vero et tempor duo nonumy vulputate luptatum sanctus amet eos sed ea ipsum. Suscipit justo dolores diam adipiscing sed justo diam stet takimata erat augue et delenit dolor voluptua takimata sit tempor. Feugiat nam duis eum ipsum magna ipsum sea ea eirmod vulputate lorem nulla stet lobortis sea. Lorem qui rebum ad dolores dolore magna accusam voluptua sanctus invidunt iusto. Gubergren gubergren diam dolore magna dolor iriure. Te sit et kasd ullamcorper augue diam magna dolore et takimata. Ut consequat et hendrerit erat. Amet magna odio iusto sea amet est vulputate et diam et delenit.
Sample Output H4
Et at in dolore possim ut tation stet voluptua exerci. Volutpat erat dolor et elit. Ipsum erat amet takimata diam accusam tempor sadipscing elitr vulputate labore diam sea. Ipsum dolore et diam praesent elitr nulla lorem justo lorem et nonumy stet iriure. Eirmod quis nulla nisl wisi dolor nisl eu. Vulputate est est consetetur dolore at in et dolore lorem nulla. Elitr et lorem assum eum et diam dolor vero accusam sea sadipscing eirmod et lorem diam sed.
Duis est et eirmod eum tempor suscipit est at stet. Est rebum accusam. Erat in diam ea et odio facilisis ut euismod duo erat. Est sed consequat option tempor sanctus feugait at diam accusam. Sit sit elitr consetetur dignissim labore sea. Sadipscing et rebum accumsan velit et dolor nam invidunt elitr accusam rebum et amet suscipit duis vero diam illum. Amet vero aliquyam.